Grave-filler.



PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903.

S.SGHLACHTER.

GRAVE FILLER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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' ful Improvement in' Grave-Fillers,

UNITED STATES Patented October 13, 1903.

PATENT OFF CE.

SIEGMUND SOI-ILAOI-ITER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-THIRD TO JOSEPH MORWITZ, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GRAVE-FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,594, dated October13, 1903.

Application filed June 26,1903. Serial No. 163,229. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:.

Be it known that I, SIEGMUND SCHLAOH- TER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania,hav e invented a new and useof --which the following is aspecification. y

My invention relates to a receptacle for temporarily holding a mass ofearth ordinarily intended to be returned to the place from which it wastaken or removed to a place adjacent thereto. in cemeteries and the liketo receive the earth removed in digging a grave and to readily re placesuch earth after the interment.

It consists of a box, preferably wheeled and provided with handles and agate for dumping its contents. v

It also consists of a box provided with legs adjustable in height,whereby the box may be supported over a finished grave without injury toits appearance.

It further consists of novel features of construction, all as will behereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a receptacle embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section through the lines a: m,Fig. 1, but showing the receptacle in its dumping position.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor-- responding parts in thefigures.

Referringto the drawings, 1 designates the body of a box formed with acontracted front end 2, closed by a gate 3, hinged at its lower side andnormally held in its closed position by hooks 4.

Secured to the sides of the body 1 are sockets 5, through which passlegs 6, having casters or wheels 7 at their feet. pierced with alongitudinal series of holes 8, each adapted to receive a pin 9, bywhich the leg may be secured in thesocket5 at different heights.

A propelling-handle 10 and dumping-handles 11 are preferably attached tothe rear of the body 1.

The operation is as follows: The receptacle may be placed, as shown,adjacent a grave to ltis particularly adapted to be used.

I sition changed, as desired.

Each leg is be opened, the earth therefrom being thrown into the box.The box may then be wheeled away to a convenient distance, or it maybeleft in situ, being covered, if desired, with a suitable pall or a massof foliage. After the mourners have departed it is only necessary toreturn the box or to remove the covering, when the gate 3 may beunlatche'd, therear of the box elevated by means of the handles 11, andthe earth quickly and quietly restored. When the box is raised on itslegs 6, as shown, it may be placed either transversely or longitudinallyover an adjoining raised grave Without breaking it down plants growingthereon.

Where the ground is smooth, the box may be set at a lower level for easeinfilling, or, if desired, the front portion of the box may berelatively lowered to facilitate dumping.

It is evident that either the handle 10 or those marked 11 may beomitted or their po- It is also evident that various changes may be madeby those skilled in the art which may come within the scope of myinvention, and I do not, therefore,"desire to be limited in everyinstance to the exact construction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-' 1. 'A grave-fillercomprising a boxsuitably supported for dumping and having a con- SIEGMUND soH'LAoH'rER;

Witnesses:

J OHN AJWIEDERsHEIM, C. D. MoVAY.

